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THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. A simple demonstration to explain the photoelectric effect. Albert EinsteinTM HUJ, www.albert-einstein.net. When red light is incident on a clean metal surface:. Clean metal surface. e. e. e. e. e. e. no electrons are released,

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THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

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  1. THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT A simple demonstration to explain the photoelectric effect. Albert EinsteinTM HUJ, www.albert-einstein.net

  2. When red light is incident on a clean metal surface: Clean metal surface e e e e e e • no electrons are released, • however long light is shone onto it, • however intense the light source is.

  3. When UV light is incident on a clean metal surface: UV light • electrons are released instantaneously, • however weak the light source. Clean metal surface e e e e e e e

  4. Classically this cannot be explained because: If red light is shone onto the metal surface for long enough some electrons should gain sufficient energy to enable them to escape.

  5. Einstein put forward a theory: • Light energy is quantised. • Light consists of a stream of particles called photons. • The energy of each photon (E) depends on the frequency (f ) of the light. h x f E=

  6. h is planck's constant red light has a smaller frequency Frequency increasing than violet light

  7. E = h x f Photon energy Red light photons therefore have less energy than violet light photons and even less than UV photons

  8. ONE PHOTON GIVES ALL ITS ENERGY e TO ONE ELECTRON

  9. A photon of red light gives an electron insufficient energy to enable it to escape from the surface of the metal. Red light photon Clean metal surface e e e e e e e surface electrons No electrons are released from the metal surface

  10. A photon of UV light gives an electron sufficient energy to enable it to escape from the surface of the metal. UV photon Clean metal surface e e e e e e e surface electrons Electrons are released instantaneously. Each photon releases an electron This is called photoemission.

  11. The demonstration

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